Hi Judi, I have not seen anyone answer your question so I will see if I can help you. Almost all of the 1890 Federal census was destroyed. I believe there was a fire in 1920 in the Commerce Building in Washington and all of the 1890 census was destroyed by water damage. The 1890 was one of the very few census for which copies were not made by the States before the originals were sent to Washington. However, there are some fragments floating around. I know that is a county in AL that made copies of a couple of beats and kept those so those survived. I have heard of other similar cases so you need to explore each location but do not be too optimistic about finding anything. If most genealogists could only have one gift for Christmas and they could have anything they wish for they would likely ask for a copy of the 1890 census. I hope this has helped. Eldon mailto:ewade@cfl.rr.com List admin. for SC Old 96 Researching: WADE, HAMES -----Original Message----- From: Judi & Matt Creasman [mailto:mcreasma@bellsouth.net] Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 3:58 PM To: NCGRANVI-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NCGRANVI] 1890 census ? was there a 1890 census? does anyone know if this is online or does anyone have it? Judi ==== NCGRANVI Mailing List ==== Granville County List Administrator Debra McCann - chenae@ap.net ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Hi, In addition to what is available, here is a complete explanation to what happened with the census. It's heartbreaking. http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/spring_1996_1890_census_1.html Deloris Williams